The Seattle Star Newspaper, August 4, 1921, Page 6

and United Prem Service tm the stale of Washington, for # montha or $8.08 per year, By earrter, city, nonlin The Seattle St Outside of the state, ar out of otty, Se par month; 2 mentha $1.40; € montha $1.76) fe Henry Spills the Beans The beans are all over the place. He keeps right on spilling ‘em. instance. Henry spilled 'em. This Muscle Shoals nitrate plant and water power, Uncle Sam had left on his hands a big, half-finished water-project. Millions of dol- ) lars had been poured in and the other millions must be spent to save the first. Henry Ford offers to take the project over, complete it, pay for it, pay interest on deferred payments, agree to limit his profit to 8%, agree to sell his nitrates to the farmers at fair prices; let the government in in case of war, and in peace time let it im for experiments. Mercy! Look at the railroads. The idea of buying anything from Uncle Sam and PAYING for it! Look at the ship companies. The method is to » buy Something from the government; borrow from the government the money to pay; give bonds instead and keep the money. ‘The idea of agreeing to turn over anything to Uncle Sam in case of war! That's time when the veriest dub can stab the old man in the pocketbook! The idea of planning not to profiteer on farmers! fer years that the farmer ts an submarines, aircraft and aircraft carriers. It would seem to call for nothing else—except common sense, freedom from wedlock to eld ideas, and loss of memory as to the steel business, Dear reader, think of your tax- These are the days when you ask a man where a town is and he shows you the baseball stand- ings. Puns are written about liquor, gmarricd life and dressex because | Preven ts the soul of Wik, The Power of Reputation Chicago police went enty tn the moon he was 73, There are tens of thousands of other Instances of great men whe did their best work in old aga eee You in your youth grope rather blindly. Experience comes slow. ly. With old age arrives wisdom tral knowledge of [fa It’s a good thing for a govern ment to have gray-beards among its younger Icgislators. It's = good thing for a business to have old men sitting on the lid at headquarters while the young bloods go out after the business, Youth usually is too tmpulsive. Old age, remembering scorched fingers, is conservative, The two, working together, make the happy medium. Nature can make your Joints stiffen and your arteries hard, your hair white and your face lined with wrinkles. But your brain—your real self—can defy old age. Train your brain, learn to think straight, if you would make old age the most successful period of your Ufe, Why not “No Sparking Here"? The fertilizer gang has proved Davy Jones’ Locker Now that we've practically com- pleted the conquest of the unex ploréd parts of the earth's sur face, and have made a good start at exploring the air, more scien t i bi ttl i af ht fel FE i & “al ree wt f ; j ¥ | Hy | “lern states Wild West shows, some by animal Bfe, the ocean's depths have no plant life because there is mo light, eee Even at the bottom of the ecran you find the first phases of de- veloping, evolutionary intelligence, The sewarchin Is covered with snapping blades which bite the at- tacking starfish, But the star. fish, instead of retreating, allows itself te be bitten and then wrenches off the blades one by ene until the urchin is completely Gisarmed. “It is = mystery,” exys Prof. F. Arthur Thomson, British seientist, “that a fish without brains or nerve centers could have learned so much.” Se far, the biggest discovery about deep-sea exploration ts that there is no depth limit to life, There, as on the dry land and in the air, life—mysterious and remarkable force—survives by adapting itself to environment With wars quoted at $50 billions each we can make our old one do for a few centu Many 4 young fellow who thinks Re ts climbing to success by him- self ts Miss-quided, The pipes of peace ere factory whistles. Boctety Note: The Greeks and Turks are having an outing, Balboa discovered the Pacifie; Harding ts trying to make it so. Only a dentist gets paid for look-~ ing down in the mouth, THE SEATTLE STAR From “My Mrratie Pal” (>. a (__ Boots our THE SILVER WEDDING BY ALFRED CLARK Twenty or forty or sixty years old It comes to the anme when the tule tx all told! Her eyes are the brightest, Hier kines most sweet, Hor touch ts the lightest, (Her watat the most neat— Twenty or forty or sixty years ol4 Tt comes to the same when the tale tg all told! Kryea btue or hazel, coy, winsome, or bold It comes to the anme when the tale ts all told! Bhe likes pretty dresses, Bhe likes to be shy, She kes your caresses When no one is by Twenty or forty or aixty years of Tt comes to the same when tho tale ty al! told! Hatr brown or afiver, black, aubarn, or gold It comes to the aame when the tale iy all told! Her love is your treasure, Her beauty your pride, Her will is your pleasure, Her judgment your gulde— Twenty or forty or sixty years of4 It comes to the same when the tale fs all tala! LETTERS TO EDITOR Why Is Gasoline so High? - Eater The Star: Why t& gasoline se high in Seattle? The highest selling price for gasoline In Winona, Minn, dur ing the late war was 31 centa, while im Seattle the bigh point wae 25 centa At the present tima, and for sev eral weeks past, gasoline retails tn | Winona for 21.3 cents, but the go ing price in Seattle t 27 cents. | Gasotine bas declined 9.7 per cent) in Winona and 1 per cent in Seat | Ge Winona figures are from the Winona Republican Herald. Winona is an tnland city, further from the primary eupply base than Seatule and must pay high rail freight rates, * Seattic ts fatrty close to the prt mary base, bas the benefit of all water route and gasoline shipped here by the ship load. Comparisons are certainly odious, and in this case are odiferous, Who's the profiteer? “AN EVERGREEN GOPHER” Where Seattle Gets Black Eye Editor The Star: Permit me to petnt eut one Mttle example of a type af undesirable publicity of which this efty ts reap ing @ harvest the country over at present The example to which I refer ts an editorial that appeared in Tuce day's Oregonian (PorUiand) under the heading, “No Joke” It follows: “The Seattle Times is talking plain ty to the people of that city about ‘our equandered milliona.’ The pub Ue investment in two public utilities —@ lighting plant and a street rail way syntem—has reached the stag gering total of $34,297,003—quite ao Nghting rates, and @ jobholding bo reaucracy. “An cightcent street rafway fare is bad, but 10 cents is worse. Every me the owner of the Seattle street car system--viz., Mr. Average Cith ten—gets aboard his property tn or der to go anywhere, he must pat up two nickele—gniews be has hed the forethought to buy in advance what are called ‘tokens’ at three for a | pearly unanimous quarter. Even at these higher rates, which have been attended by do creased patronage, the system is making no money, the roiling stock is in bad shape, the rights-of-way | need repair, and the future does not look bright “Seattle would have tte own way about municipal ownership. Now that Seattle haa got it, it is pretty | in blaming the private corporations far selling out to the public Has Seattle po sense of humor? “Probabty not, considering the na ture of the joke.” Now, of cours, we ef Seattle Know that many of the facts cited because they are frag: mentary and that the conclusions reached are Clametrically wrpeng. Yet dosens of pupers the nation over will @> on printing these un- truths about Seattle, untruths that delitzle and harm us as a city, fust betause we have here at home a knocking agency that ls never weary of shouting wails about “our backs against the wall” and the Uke. Can't something drastic be done to silence such a community detriment? Lat. “jare eRher plainty incorrect or are misleading $10 for Millionaires’ Club Editor The Star: I want to give @ portion of my earnings each month to assist my fellow.man who is less fortunate, I believe my donation (per inclomsd check) will do most good at Million- aires’ club. A good meal will often put new heart and spirit Into « fellow who is down, Kindly acknowledge recetpt of this, Yours truly, JOS. & FREEMAN, 2312 N, T7th St There was @ $10 check tnclosed with thie letter, It has bean for warded to the Millionaires club, where It no doubt will be greatly ap- Practated, Who's next?—EDITOR She Appreciated “Wayfarer” Eéitor The Star: I want to thank the genftemen who helped to make it possible for me to we “The Wayfarer” on lat Wednesday night, with the shutins from Kenney Home, We were where we could see and hear everything, and I persenalty | want to thank you, 1 think it ls the grandest thing 1 ever maw, and I certainly appreciated it. Very sincerely, ™ MISS MARY E. BURCHARD, Kenney Home, Seattle, Wash. Declares Rodeos Are Barbaric Editor The Star; \ Word has been reeetved at the of- fiee of the American Humane asso ciation that in several of the West times known aa “Roundups” or “Ro- | deos,” are to be given during the | current year, Will you kindly permtt | me, on behalf of humanitarians thru- out the United States, to send @ pro- tect against this practice for the columns of your paper? I am willing to concede that dur. ing the early days of the Went many of the rough and brutal methods used In handling cattle and fractious horses were necessary, I foel that now those practices are turgely pasw ing and.that to revive them ts to reproduce unnecessary brutality for the sake of a financial stake. In tho | name of ctvilization I protest against thin There ts no doubt but what the free life of the cowboy is exhilarat- Ing, but why reproduce all the harsh features, such as bulldogging, roping, | forefooting, broncho-busting, ete., for | the sake of explotting horseback life | on the plains?, Recently a man was killed at Parsons, Kan, in one of there contests, Many times the ani-| mals are severely injured, with brok- | en horns and ribs, Often the riders suffer, What I wish to emphasize ts that these sports are really decadent. They are much like the colosseum | exhibitions of ancient Roma We} might Just as well reproduce the | bull fight and the prize ring, which } have been forbidden. They tend to educate young people to admire cruel | practices by trying to reproduce | them. Why should the West indule | in such out-of-date practices? It ts hardly anything to be proud of and| as for sports, the circus can produce more that is less harmful and less | cruel ‘ ‘There has alm been a tendency to | enlist the services of the Indians The Indian was a pretty decent fel low until the white man got hold of | him. He was soon educated in the | viees of civilization and the Wild Weat has taught him more that is degrading and less that is elevating than any other present-day tour of the white man’s lite These vicious practices will have [to 0, for the world has outgrown them. Why keep on resurrecting the past at the expense of the good name and reputation of the West? I hope that your paper will give | jor, space to this letter and that you will remember that there is a bumane) side to this question as well as that of sport and money making Very sincerely yours, WM. O. STILLMAN, President, American Humane Association, Albany, N. Y. | mid, “when I could have bought the BY DR WILLIAM F. BARTON T 18 an old story, but J wast to add a new lee fon. A man visited Chicago after it had become a town of several thourand inhab-| itants, and he} marveled at ita growth “1 remember the time,” he hull swamp for a pair of old boots.” | “Why didnt you buy it?” be was asked His reply waa, “Stranger, I hadn't the boots.” ‘That answer has been fodged aat- isfactory and final. I do not so re gard It, It was not « suffictent reason why | that man did not buy Chicago, The man who wus offered Chicago | for @ pair of old boots, and failed to | buy It because he did not have the | boots, was a dunce, Tie lacked not boota alone, but braina Some men would have gotten the boota, They would have palled off the boots they had on, and pet traps for muskrats along Chicago river till they got a pair of moccasins or have gone barefoot wll they earned enough to make good the lack on boots, They would have begged or borrowed or stolen the boota, ‘A man who tn that early day could not see that a ereat city was cer- tain to grow up at the end of Lake Michigan carried big braing in his boota, The man who has opportunity within his grasp and lets it escape fs usually fertile in excuses, He can tell exactly why {t was imponsible for him to succeed. But the men who achieve muceess tn life are those who, in spite of al! the conditions that would make suc cemg impossibie, get the boota, REMARKABLE REMARKS If we could wear gloves on our fect instead of shoea, we would be much better off-—Dr. R. Kendrick ‘There will be a new kind of prac titioner in a fow years—the recrea tion diagnosticlan. — Rowland Haynes, Director Cleveland Recrea- Yon Council eee The American Legion ts an iden) that donerves to die if the basic fun damental on which it ts built, Serv fon, is allowed to be subverted to a epirit of selfishness —Col. Guy M Wilson, Michigan Commander Amer ican Legion, From the Record HOW ITS WORKED ‘The American Woolen company is the same concern thas sent’ Ms sec retary down here to Washington a few years ago and had him employed as the private secretary of the fi nance committes, He sent telegrams every night, sometimes four or five. reporting to his chiefs that he was making fine progress in getting their ideas and desires into the tariff bill, and finally wired thern that he had gotten every one of thelr desires and demands tnto the bi. They thank fully recetved him on his return home, gave him a great banquet. and raised his salary.-Senator Reed @), Ma SPEAKING OF “CLASS” LEGISLATION The farmers of America constitute about 48 per cent of all of our peo- ple. The farmers’ wealth is estimated At $77,000,000,000, Now “77 billions” rolls glibly off the tongue; but when you compare that sum with the rail- road valuation of 20 billions and re. Mect that the farmers of this country are worth in round numbers four Umes as much as all the railroads, it calls for serious consideration and very careful attention to anything which the farmers ask for. Fifty per cent, in round numbers, of our popu lation, 77 billions of our wealth! Why, we have just heard read a message from the president in re. gard to the railroads.—Senator Rans- >) La Jo MAKER OF MEN'S CLOTHES 506 Union St $40 to $65 The kind you want at either price. Acquire an Interest in Your Own City You have confid ence in Seattle’s security and future prosperity. Why not put that belief into action by investing your funds in Seattle Local Improvement Bonds? The yields are attractive. We have in $200 denomination. NATIONAL CITY BANK SECOND AT MARION |About the Well-known WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 8, 1921. Who Would Not Gladly Don the Green for Such a Sympathetic Scene? My Child, lot's bave A Word Today And Stocking in Her scant Supply. No wonder Tears Irish Play, Are in her Eye! (I mean the nice “With Music” Kind) The Curtain rises, And you find ‘The ragged Here Strofls along, His System simply Acushia, alas Machree, As pretty as She well could be. She's homeless, this Milewtan Madd, Thanks to the crud Landlord's Hald, It neeens that Creature’s Try This on Your Wise Friend In a flock of ducks one is in front of two, another be- |} hind two and a third between two. How many are there? | Answer to yesterday's: One cat has one tail; no cat has eight tafls; one cat plas no cat equals one cat; one tall plus eight tails eq nine tafls, Therefore one cat has 9 tails. LITTLE CRUMBS OF and SPRINGTIME —songs —/ CHO-CHO-SAN— and SONGS INDIA— Whiteman’s orchestra fox DROWSY HEAD — and ISLE OF, PARADISE — waltzes, Hawaiian style, 85¢ ‘This is the ‘@ wine pte yeh ped Victrola. Insif upon it, Sherman [lay & Co. “4 Third Avenue at Pine Our Members Have |; Never Earned Less Than 5% Per Annum Dividends START . 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